Collocations for "tackling"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "tackling" in context.
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tackle
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- another missed tackle!
- missed a tackle on number [34]
- threw a flag on the tackle
- an illegal tackle
- the tackle warranted [punishment, a red card]
- a tackle by the [lineman, safety, attacker, defender]
- a [two-footed, dangerous, late] tackle
- fishing tackle
- heavy-duty tackle to [lift, hoist] (cargo)
- UK, slang, sexually explicit: [got, whipped] out his wedding tackle
- tackle [the player, the striker, your opponent, the quarterback]
- the [player] was tackled (by)
- tackle [hard, with both feet, from behind]
- tackle the [intruder, robber, thief]
- tackle [a problem, crime, issues]
- tackle the [difficult, tricky, thorny] problem of
- tackle the (mountain of) debt
- in his tackle box
'tackling' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):